Parts Of Speech

Noun

How to recognize a Noun?

A noun could be anything .Kindly have a look on following words: Peter, pen, jars, pain, trouble, information .These all words are nouns. To find out the noun examine the sentence thoroughly, and do psychoanalysis for each word whether it is a place, person or thing,

Do remember:

• Articles should not be use before material nouns.
• Singular countable noun must be accompanied by an article.
• Nouns such as mathematics, rupees, news required a singular verb.

Verb

How to recognize a Verb?

Generally, verbs connect subject to the main verb or denote some action. eg. is, are, am, play, read, write. To find out the verb examine the each word of the sentence thoroughly and ask yourself whether it is denoting some action or joining subject with the main verb.

Do remember:

• Verb should always be use according to the subject.

Pronoun

How To recognize a Pronoun?

Generally, pronoun works in two ways in a sentence either as a subject or used in a possessive form. Eg. i , he ,we, they, you as subject my, his, our, their , your in possessive form . Pronouns are also used in reflexive (word ‘self ‘ joined) and distributive (each, either..) form. To identify pronoun look for words: he, she, it, oneself, its, each.. in sentence. All these pronouns have their predefine conventions and should be use accordingly.

Do remember:

• Make sure that you have applied the correct pronoun gender (he, she).
• Make sure that you have put right number (singular or plural).

Adjective

How to recognize an adjective?

Adjective modifies a noun or pronoun .An adjective could be a noun or gerund or past participle form of a verb. To find out an adjective look for words in a sentence which describe the noun or pronoun.

Do remember:

We usually use no more than three adjectives to describe a noun.

Adverb

How to recognize an adverb?

Adverbs are words, which modify the verb/adverb/preposition/ conjunctions . We generally form the adverb by adding ‘ly’ in the verb. To find out adverb pay attention on ‘ly’ words.

Do remember:

Words like: Enough, well, never, always are also adverbs.

Prepositions

How to recognize a preposition?

Prepositions are used to establish relationship of a noun or a noun equivalent to some other words in the sentence. There is no fix rule to apply preposition. One preposition might have several meanings depending on the situation. Have a look on following words: on, upon, under, at, into are all prepositions.

Do remember:

Try to avoid ending of the sentence with a preposition.

Conjunction

How to recognize a Conjunction?

A conjunction is a word that connects phrases, clauses or sentences. To recognize conjunctions look for following words: but, or, yet, for, nor, so, although, because, whereas, till, whether. Bear in mind that all these conjunctions have their separate rules to implement in a sentence.

Do remember:

There is a belief that it is not correct to begin a sentence with ‘but’, ‘and’. But this prohibition has been ignored by many standard authors. It is perfectly alright to start a sentence with these words.

How to recognize an Interjection

An interjection is a word that express a strong emotion in a sentence .Interjections are usually splited by some punctuation mark like an exclamation point (!) or a comma (,).This is an identification of interjections.

Do remember:

We use a comma when the emotion isn’t really strong.

Above piece of writing is an endeavor to make identifying parts of speech easier. Here, I have focused on identifying the part of speech rather than illustrating the part of speech. You are welcome to post your query, comment or suggestion beneath this blog.

Wishing you all success!

Regards,

Shipra Srivatava
Team learnwordlist.com

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7 Responses to “Parts Of Speech”

1. sahar on September 16th, 2010 12:01 pm

   that was great,thank u very much!

2. shipra on September 17th, 2010 5:48 am

   Thanks for your comment sahar, keep writing us.

3. manushee bharadwaj on October 2nd, 2010 3:24 pm

   hey there,
   your attempt is good, but can you please make it with adding more examples so that a better understanding is gained..

4. shipra on October 4th, 2010 8:49 am

   Manushee, sure stay tuned for next blog.

5. Des on October 14th, 2010 8:17 am

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7. 'I-neek' Lennon Craig on September 23rd, 2011 4:31 pm

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